Alan was born and educated
in New Zealand.
He moved to Australia in the early ‘70s, taking out Australian citizenship
but secretly supporting the All Blacks ever since. He became Editorial Cartoonist
for The Bulletin from 1973 to 1979, moving to the Brisbane Courier-Mail from
1979 to 1984. He is currently Editorial Cartoonist on The Sydney Morning Herald.

During this time he has
also published several books.
He has four grown up children; Nick, Virginia, Miranda & Bridget. He
lives in Sydney with wife Diana and two disobedient dogs.

His
work is held in collections in Australia and overseas including:

State Library of Queensland

State Library of NSW

State Library of Victoria

Australian National
Library

The National Museum
of Australia

The National Library
of New Zealand

Private Collection
of Mr Kofi Annan,
Secretary General of the United Nations.